- Born
- Birth nameJames Wesley Marsters
- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- James graduated from Davis High School and attended Juilliard, the
Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, and the American
Conservatory Theatre. After spending ten years doing stage work he
finally moved to L.A. to pursue a career in film and television. After
appearing in several guest roles he finally got his big break as Spike
in
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997).
Originally the character was suppose to be killed after a few episodes
but Spike became so popular that he became a regular on the show. After
the show ended he appeared as Spike in the spin-off
Angel (1999) and in several movies.
James is also a talented musician; his band Ghost of the Robot released
their first album, Mad Brilliant.- IMDb Mini Biography By: zoot_18
- SpousesJasmin Marsters(January 14, 2011 - present) (separated)Liane Davidson(1989 - 1997) (divorced, 1 child)
- Children
- RelativesSusan Marsters(Sibling)Paul Marsters(Sibling)
- His favorite Buffy episode is Once More, with Feeling (2001).
- He says Spike is the best role he's ever had because he's been able to
play so many different sides of him. - Has produced more than 70 plays.
- Was recognizable in public chiefly for his platinum-blond-bleached
hair. He had to bleach his hair regularly to play Spike on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997). In
a famous "Entertainment Weekly" interview, he admitted to adding four
to seven packets of Sweet 'n' Low to the bleaching solution, to take
the sting out. When the show ended, Marsters had his bleached hair
shaved on TV (to sell for charity) and reverted back to his normal
brown hair. - Originally his Spike character from Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) was supposed to be killed
during his first season on Buffy, but due to his very high popularity
fan base for the show, they kept him on the show instead.
- All I wanted when I came on the show was a good body count and a good
death. That's all. - [on his British accent in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)] "I patterned the accent after this guy I was in a play with, but that
was three years ago. Now I'm listening to Tony Head [Anthony Head; Giles in "Buffy"], who sounds kind of like Spike in real life. It's much more tough-guy talk in real life. His accent [as Giles] is just as fake as mine. His
is nice and gritty, but it's not North London. I'm always afraid that
I'm morphing over into Tony Head, wherever he's from." - "It's just me and a guitar, so I'm not going to be doing a lot of
Smashing Pumpkins. I do Tom Waits, Neil Young, Bob Dylan. That's all the good
stuff, man. That's when they had good songs written for just voice and
guitar. I wish I could do Johnny Lee Hooker (John Lee Hooker), but I'm not that
good." - on his acoustic performance at 14 Below, Santa Monica on 29th
August 2000. - Chekov man, it's all the same thing. Chekov and Buffy the Vampire
Slayer - it's all about beautiful losers. - (on getting the part of Spike) "I walked in there thinking I was the
s***, swaggering around, among other Spikes...and I got up in the
middle of the room with all these Spikes, and started doing
Shakespeare. They all pulled back, and I told them, 'Can't do that?
Good luck in there.' It was MY role. I took it by the throat."
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